Nauman S. Scott, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
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Nauman S. Scott.  Only a mind of unusual strength, persistent 
grasp and broad sweep of abilities can earn signal success in a 
field already crowded with keen competitors, and at the same 
time retain fresh and balanced faculties for the consideration 
and advancement of community interests.  The character of Nauman 
S. Scott, and the work he is accomplishing in his profession of 
law, and as a good citizen of Alexandria, show that he is not 
only an attorney of resourcefulness and integrity, but a man with 
a sound reputation as a clear and broad exponent of many of the 
vital questions which are agitating the minds of the people of 
Alexandria and Rapides Parish.

Nauman S. Scott was born at Cave Springs, Scott County, Alabama,
 October 3, 1888, a son of Nathaniel G. and Martha V. (Farve) Scott, 
he was born at Cross Plains, Alabama, and she in Louisiana.  He was, 
and is still, a railroad contractor, and for a number of years he 
has been a resident of New Orleans.  He built the Queen and Crescent 
Bridge at New Orleans, and for a long period was superintendent of 
construction for the Texas & Pacific Railroad in Louisiana.  Many 
other important contracts have been carried out by him, and he is 
not only a successful man, but one who stands deservedly high 
because of his unflinching policy of always carrying out the spirit 
of his contracts, as well as the letter of them.  During the last 
three years of the titanic struggle between the North and the South, 
he served in the Confederate Army under General Forrest, but with 
the declaration of peace he bravely faced the problems of the 
reconstruction period, and began his career as a contractor.  
Three children were born to him and his wife, of whom Nauman S. 
Scott was the second in order of birth.  In religious matters he 
is an Episcopalian, while in politics he is a democrat. Fraternally 
he belongs to the Masonic order, and to the Benevolent and Protective 
Order of Elks.  He is a charter member of the Crescent City Chamber 
of Commerce.

Reared at New Orleans, Nauman S. Scott has had exceptionally good 
educational opportunities, and took his legal training at Tulane 
University, from which he was graduated in 1912, with the degree 
of Bachelor of Laws, and that same year was admitted to practice 
at the bar o Louisiana.  In December, 1912, he came to Alexandria, 
and from then on has been engaged in general practice.  At first 
he was Connected with the firm of Andrews & Hakenyos, but 
subsequently the name was changed to Andrews, Hakenyos & Scott, 
and it is now Hakenyos & Scott.  This is a strong combination of 
legal talent, and the members of the firm have both attained to a 
well-deserved prestige in their profession.

In 1914 Mr. Scott was married to Sidonie Provosty, born at New Roads, 
Louisiana, and educated at Emmitsburg, Maryland.  Mr. and Mrs. Scott 
have had four children born to them:  Nauman S., Jr.,  Sidonie,  
Martha Adele and  Natalie.  Mr. Scott is an Episcopalian, a Mason 
and a democrat, and is equally Zealous in behalf of church, 
fraternity and party.

£n 1918 he enlisted for service during the World War, and was trained 
at Camp Taylor, and was commissioned a first lieutenant a month prior 
to the Signing of the armistice.  The early termination of the war 
prevented his seeing overseas service.  Mr. Scott finds his time so 
fully occupied with his professional cares that he has not cared to 
divide his interest by going into any business venture no matter 
how attractive.  While at the university he made Kappa Alpha Greek 
letter fraternity.  He is a member of the American Bar Association 
and the Louisiana Bar Association.  A man of high principles and 
striking personality, he is an ornament to his profession and an 
addition to his community, and the future stretches out bright before 
him.

A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 209, by Henry E. Chambers.  
Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and 
New York, 1925.